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Friday, January 29, 2010

Peek into Wonderland

My name being Allison, when I was growing up I got called Allison Wonderland pretty often :) I always thought the movie was kind of bizarre, but that Disney version seems mainstream now after seeing the Tim Burton preview! Now that's bizarre! Bizarrely AWESOME! I don't know if Bizarrely is a word, but, I digress, I decided to make an Alice doll. She's not really the Disney version, not really the Tim Burton version so much either. Of course she's blonde, but really this pattern could be made into just a sweet doll, not necessarily a storybook character. Her little white rabbit took a whole 15 minutes to make, and the pattern is just too easy and fun NOT to post here. Make him for Alice and then in a couple months PLEASE make them in pastel colors and stick 'em in your kids Easter baskets. That would be so cute!!

Finishing:
Using black embroidery thread, embroider eyes using a french knot. Come back up at same spot and make a french knot over the original to make the eye a little larger. Embroider nose and mouth as a big "x".
Using pink embroidery thread, embroider nose using a satin stitch.
Cut a small red heart from felt and either sew or glue to bunny's chest.
Shade white rabbit's ears with blush. Done!

I love your patterns. They are all so goregous! The wild beasts look fantastic! I have just finished the body of the rabbit, but my 'feet' look all wrong. I didnt know how to close the ends neatly. Is there a proper way to do this? Thanks heaps :)Tia

Hi Tia! When you cut off the yarn leave it long enough to thread onto a yarn needle. Weave the tail through the last six stitches and pull tight, then weave the yarn through the middle and into the bunny. Then cut it off. This should close up the ends. Also make sure its stuffed enough to make it rounded out. Those last few stitches you make will be a tight squeeze or else they'll look all withered and skinny. Thanks!!

Hi, I recently came across your blog and loved the bunnies for Easter suggestion. So far I've made 6 for Easter and 3 to tuck into birthday gifts. The birthday girls loved them. Thank you for the pattern.

i love all of your designs and i just started when my aunt came to visit she taught me i love this cute little bunny and i posted it on facebook and i got lots of nice comments on it! I also made one of your baby monsters and i got tons of requests for me to make people one and i would love to see more free patterns cause i'm only 12 and not allowed to pay for patterns

Hi Allison! I just recently started crocheting and stumbled upon your wonderful blog. You really are amazing! I do have a question however. While attempting this pattern, my bunny ears came out more round (like bear ears) rather than long like the one in your picture. Should I just keep crocheting a couple of more rows, each time decreasing by 1, in order to get the classic bunny ear shape?